Erodium astragaloides

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Geraniaceae}}

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| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Blanca, G. |author2=Gutiérrez Carretero, L. |author3=Donaire Sánchez, F.J. |date=2011 |title=Erodium astragaloides |volume=2011 |page=e.T162159A5550544 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T162159A5550544.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Erodium

| species = astragaloides

| authority = Boiss. & Reut., 1852

| synonyms = Erodium camposianum Coss. ex Willk. & Lange

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:372166-1|title= Erodium astragaloides Boiss. & Reut.|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= September 17, 2020}}

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Erodium astragaloides is a species of flowering plant in the geranium family Geraniaceae.{{cite web|url= http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000676732|title= Erodium astragaloides Boiss. & Reut.|author=|date=n.d.|website=World Flora Online|publisher=The World Flora Online Consortium|access-date= September 17, 2020}} It is endemic to Sierra Nevada, southern Spain.{{cite web|url= https://www.gbif.org/species/3828671|title= Erodium astragaloides Boiss. & Reut.|author=|date=n.d.|website=Global Diversity Information Facility|publisher= GBIF Secretariat |access-date= September 17, 2020}}

Habitat

The distinctive species can grow in sparse grasslands on less developed rocky-sandy dolomitic soils. It is associated with Juniperus phoenicea, as a part of communities which are rich at endemic species, such as Rothmaleria granatensis, Helianthemum pannosum, Silene boryi, Convolvulus boissieri, Anthyllis tejedensis, Thymus granatensis, and Saxifraga erioblasta.

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